Monthly archives for November, 2016

Today we are finally going to head off on a track neither of us have travelled before – the Rig Road. We had planned to travel this section with another vehicle but they had to cancel at the last minute due to a family emergency. While this is not ideal we are confident that we […]

In Marree there are a few places that are a ‘must visit’. First is a visit to see Lyle Oldfield for fuel at the Oasis Café. I’m not even sure that the current building is called the Oasis but you won’t miss it. Marree is not that big. There is always a collection of something […]

Hawker is one of my favourite outback towns and somewhere I could easily imagine living. Because we cross the Victoria/SA border for most trips we leave the fruit and veg shopping until Port Augusta. Now fully stocked we headed northward. As a family we have been wandering around this area for many years. I would always […]

Tuesday – Today we set off north with an easy drive to Cobar (380km). The day did not get off to a good start with our fridge/freezer of 10 yrs. old malfunctioning – wanting to keep freezing and I guess the thermostat has gone. I am now using a dual battery system and the gauge […]

A FLIGHT OVER THE “OVERFLOW” On Thursday (10th November 2016) we did a flight, Griffith to Lake Ballyrogan ( Brewster) east of Hillston and followed the Willandra Creek out towards Ivanhoe. From there we tracked south to Booligal and back to Griffith. The Mirrool Creek did reach the Lachlan but has pretty well run out […]

Port Augusta is the usual starting point for many of our outback trips but on a whim we called in to look around Port Pirie. What a lovely town! We will be calling again. The first stop was the information centre. They have a daily tour of the town at noon but you need to […]

A map is a way to depict a journey from Point A to Point B. A map is a story. Ancient paintings on rocks, mosaics in Jordan, Stonehenge and other myths and mysteries. A map is art. We have some very skilled cartographers in Australia. The neatness of the titles, the intricate detail and the way the […]

Going in the bush. There is nothing worse than finding a great campsite and then finding the entire area festooned with toilet paper. It is not that hard to have a bit of bush etiquette. When you need to pee. Here blokes have it pretty cruisy. No instructions needed. Women have a few options. First […]

After leaving the beach we made camp and the following morning started the last stretch of our journey. Walking along the cliffs is much easier than the beach walking despite the inclement weather. There is lots of lightning around and I’m wondering if it is sensible to be up so high and in the open. […]

Click here for part 1 and part 2 The forest changes so much it is just amazing. We find the most superbly coloured moths. They look like happy wanderer butterflies – until they fold their wings and pretend to be dead leaves. This forest has burned in the last 10 years or so and the […]